2024 - 2025 Champions League Thread

[Tom McAndrew]

Please use this thread for all discussions about the 2024-25 Champions League. There is a separate thread for the Premier League. In addition, there is a thread for discussion about the USMNT and a thread for discussion about the USWNT.

If you'd like to access the thread for the 2023 - 2024 Champions League, you can do so at:

2023 - 2024 Champions League Thread - Forums

Please use this thread for all discussions about the Champions League. There is a separate thread for the Premier League. In addition, there is a thread for discussion about the USMNT and a thread for discussion about the USWNT.

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[Tom McAndrew]

 

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[Tom McAndrew]

‘Nobody asks the players’: Alisson hits out at new Champions League format

Liverpool’s Alisson has criticised the expanded format of the Champions League, arguing players are not being listened to over their workload

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[Tom McAndrew]

Manchester City 3-1 Club Brugge: Champions League – as it happened

City went behind just before half-time but Savinho, on as sub, helped change the game, and City ran out comfortable winners to qualify for the playoffs

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[Tom McAndrew]

Morgan Rogers hat-trick takes Aston Villa past Celtic and into last 16

A Morgan Rogers hat-trick and a goal from Ollie Watkins helped Aston Villa to a 4-2 victory against Celtic as they secured automatic qualification in the Champions League

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[Tom McAndrew]

Nwaneri’s screamer seals turnaround at Girona as Arsenal ensure spot in last 16

After an error from Neto allowed Arnaut Danjuma to open the scoring for Girona, Jorginho’s penalty and Ethan Nwaneri’s excellent finish secured a 2-1 win for Arsenal which cemented their Champions League progress

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[Tom McAndrew]

Pepi settles thriller for PSV Eindhoven but Liverpool hold on to top spot

The striker scored the winner in the sixth minute of first-half stoppage time as PSV, who secured a playoff place, beat Liverpool 3-2

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[Tom McAndrew]

Champions League: who’s through, who’s out and who needs what in final fixtures?

We look at the state of play before Wednesday’s games with places in the last 16 and playoffs up for grabs

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[Woodpecker]

Champions League: who’s through, who’s out and who needs what in final fixtures?

We look at the state of play before Wednesday’s games with places in the last 16 and playoffs up for grabs

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That is from before yesterday's games

 

[LionJim]

Teams in 9-24 now compete to get into the Round of 16. (The top 8 have already advanced to Ro16.)

 

[Woodpecker]

This helped me better understand the potential pairings in tomorrow's draw

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Mbappé hat-trick rips apart Manchester City to send Real Madrid racing through

Kylian Mbappé’s hat-trick secured a 3-1 win for Real Madrid at the Bernabéu and a 6-3 victory on aggregate, sending Manchester City crashing out of the Champions League

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City’s zombified figures are haunted by ghosts of themselves in Bernabéu exit | Barney Ronay

There is at least some certainty now that Pep Guardiola’s greatest Manchester City side is formally over after a weak Champions League defeat

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‘We’ve been the worst this year,’ Guardiola says after Real Madrid thrashing

Pep Guardiola has vowed to stay on as Manchester City manager despite their Champions League exit and added: ‘We have to try to get better again’

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[Tom McAndrew]

‘They gave everything’: Rodgers proud of Celtic after late defeat by Bayern

Brendan Rodgers expressed ‘immense pride’ in Celtic after a goal in stoppage time by Alphonso Davies denied them in the Champions League playoff

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Celtic’s Champions League strides have made them a serious entity again | Ewan Murray

For more than a decade the club threw up their hands at the challenge in Europe but Rodgers’ team now embrace it

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[Tom McAndrew]

Champions League roundup: PSV’s Ryan Flamingo dumps out Juventus

Ryan Flamingo’s 98th-minute goal gave PSV a 3-1 win after extra time to eliminate Juventus, while PSG and Borussia Dortmund strolled through

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[manatree]

I've always been intrigued with the dynamics that happen when you qualify for the Champions League tournament the year before you actually play. Especially this year as a Dortmund fan. BvB slid into this year's CL by finishing 5th in the Bundesliga last year and are currently drifting aimlessly in 10th yet somehow have played their way into the final sixteen. Wonder what the Vegas odds are for a Villa v Dortmund final?

Current Domestic League Table Position on March 3, 2025

#1 Barcelona
#1 Bayern Munich
#1 Inter Milan
#1 Liverpool
#1 Paris Saint-Germain
#2 Arsenal
#2 Atlético Madrid
#2 Bayer Leverkusen
#2 Benfica
#2 Club Brugge
#2 PSV Eindhoven
#3 Real Madrid
#4 Feyenoord
#5 Lille
#10 Aston Villa
#10 Borussia Dortmund

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Raphinha strike and Szczesny saves help 10-man Barcelona edge Benfica

Raphinha struck a second-half winner to give Barcelona a lion-hearted 1-0 victory at Benfica on Wednesday as they overcame a red card for Pau Cubarsí

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[Tom McAndrew]

Kane at the double as Bayern romp to first-leg win against 10-man Leverkusen

Jamal Musiala was also on target in Bayern Munich’s 3-0 Champions League last-16 first leg win against Bayer Leverkusen, who had Nordi Mukiele sent off

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[Tom McAndrew]

Harvey Elliott stuns PSG as Liverpool weather storm to snatch dramatic win

Late substitute Harvey Elliott scored to give Liverpool a 1-0 first-leg win over Paris Saint-Germain, after Alisson had kept the visitors in the game in Paris

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[Woodpecker]

Harvey Elliott stuns PSG as Liverpool weather storm to snatch dramatic win

Late substitute Harvey Elliott scored to give Liverpool a 1-0 first-leg win over Paris Saint-Germain, after Alisson had kept the visitors in the game in Paris

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Alisson Becker was incredible

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Alisson Becker was incredible

 

[BobPSU92]

Alisson Becker was incredible

I just caught the highlights. He was. PSG was so much quicker than Liverpool, but Alisson.